Pattaya Songkran: Hotel bookings well down as tourists stay away

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I'm still astounded that tourists (other than those who want to get their end away) actually go to Pattaya - the beach sucks, the nightlife (if girlie bars aren't your thing) sucks and if you believe the media reports, it's full of violent taxi drivers.

You may be "astounded" to know that Pattaya has 30+ international standard golf courses and many first class restaurants also, but appears your interests lie elsewhere?

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how many sexpats are there in this world? OK, maybe 4 billion. Anyhow, no idiot needs to do this more than once. and paying for sex isn't that cheap if you factor in currency rates, and then you might get AIDS and die, and who wants to be the 100th guy of the month, and everything is more expensive because they lookk at you like a sucker, and then everyone knows you are a sexpat...... and it's not very nice there anyhow.

but we go there every year, me and my 19 kids and we walk around and hand out condoms...

Have you thought of applying to the Pattaya TAT in an advisory capacity?

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But we have just been informed on a previous thread that spending will increase by 2% - So what's the problem?

Yes well, they will probably do their normal trick- simply bump up all the prices so those that do visit compensate for those with more sense. They can never see it though, they keep ripping people off over and over again then wonder why no one comes back! Total stupidity.

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Be honest I don't fancy Songkran in Pattaya. I spent NYE down on Patong Beach once....place was full of idiots. I don't fancy having an idiot throw water on me, it's not really any fun at all. Yes I'm an old fart with one foot in the grave....you can call me Victor if you like.

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No tourists like your songkran it is out of control it is a war with water only the beerbar tourists and people on drugs come for playing this war

With or without tourists Songkan will still be celebrated - as it always has been, yes it has evolved into "war games" but that says a lot about Thai people these days. I live in an area where no tourists venture and it is war in all the small villages - they don't have a lot in their lives so happy to let them get on with it - I stay home.